Scott Jones, 29, is an aspiring actor and native of Austrailia who recently moved to Vancouver.

The elder Jones had spoken to his son since the iconic photograph was taken Wednesday night, in the midst of riots that took over downtown Vancouver after the Canucks lost the series' deciding game to the Boston Bruins.

“I don’t think he’s come to grips with it. The full force of it is going to hit him (Friday)," Brett Jones said.

The image, captured by Vancouver photographer Rich Lam, was picked up by countless media outlets and blew up on social networks on Thursday morning.

Scott’s sister, Hannah, first identified her brother to an Australian news network.

“It is something he would do, that's our boy,” Scott’s mother Marie told ninemsn in Australia. “He has always lived in his own world, he's special like that. He doesn’t always connect with what’s going on around him."

Almost 150 people required hospital treatment and close to 100 were arrested after the melees, according to authorities. Fifteen cars were burned as well, according to Vancouver police chief Jim Chu, who blamed 'criminals and anarchists' for inciting the situation.